HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) - A Ste. Genevieve teen who drove around for hours smoking synthetic marijuana before blowing through a red light and killing a Festus couple was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.

While the tornadic storms predicted by the National Weather Service stayed well south of northern Missouri, a strong line of thunderstorms rolled through the region just past the noon hour on Sunday, bringing hail, high winds, and sporadic damage reports.

Thirty nine year old Timothy Ashlock of Chillicothe waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to Division 1 of Circuit Court on charges accusing him with 2nd degree burglary and 1st degree tampering last October 10th.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Marvin A. Clark vanished during a short trip to Portland on Halloween weekend 1926, but the search to find out what happened to him may finally be drawing to a close nearly 90 years later

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma prison officials halted an inmate's execution on Tuesday after a new drug combination left the man writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney, before he later died of a heart attack.

The "Drive One For Your Community" event will be held Saturday from 8 to 5 o'clock at the Trenton Missle School parking lot, a fundraiser by Ford, and Barnes Baker to benefit the scout camp west of Trenton. Guests included Kara Helmandollar, Kevin Bailey, Rick Alley, Marcee Cutsinger and Rosetta Marsh.

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Loraine Osborne is a Rosie. She isn't THE Rosie, but she worked as a riveter at the Willow Run bomber plant in Michigan alongside Rose Will Monroe, the inspiration for a character that came to symbolize female empowerment and the we're-all-in-this-together spirit of the American homefront during World War II.

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) -- After spawning deadly tornadoes that flattened homes and businesses in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, a storm system that also caused havoc in the Midwest had Georgia in its sights early Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) β The push by President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage seems ready to join the parade of issues that gets buried in Congress but β the party hopes β propels voters to the polls this November.

PARIS (AP) β NATO's top military commander in Europe, drafting counter moves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine, said they could include deployment of American troops to alliance member states in Eastern Europe now feeling at risk.

The North Missouri Center For Youth And Families at Chillicothe was the featured topic on KTTN's Open Line program. Guests included Executive Director Daniel Savage, as well as Administrative Assistant Monica Holmer.